Fourth Year of the Implementation of thePAIGH 2010-2020

Pan American Agenda

Rodrigo Barriga-VargasSecretary General

Organization of American StatesPan American Institute of Geography and History

The PAIGH

Founded in 1928, permanently

headquartered in Mexico

Specialized body of the inter- American system coordinated by the OAS

21 member states(21 national sections)

and 4 observer countries

Assists member states with interpreting their territory based on geographic and historical analyses:• Continental vision• Innovative measures• Heightened scientific relevance

Scientific program: Commissions on

Cartography (1941)Geography (1946)

History (1946)Geophysics (1969)

The PAIGH liaises with international organizations such as the FIG, ISO/TC211, ICA, ISPRS and GSDI. Over the past eleven years, 526 projects have been submitted to the consideration of the

Officers with the participation of 14 countries

PAIGH 2010-2020 Pan American Agenda

Naturaldisasters

Territorialplanning

Climatechange

The Agenda guides the relationship the PAIGH has with the inter - American system coordinated by the OAS. Expansion of the Institute's operations depends on its ability to receive additional administrative revenue since maintenance quotas have not changed

since 1996, 18 years ago

Modernization

Continental geographic information

Regional leadership

Multi-disciplinary participation

New specialized generations

Liaisons with relevant bodies

PAIGH 2010-2020 Pan American Agenda

Execution of Budget on Scientific andOperational Activities, 2003-2013

The distribution of operational and administrative expenses tends to be equal and proportional to budgetary allocations made to scientific endeavors

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Execution (%) of Technical Assistance Projects and Publications, 2004 – 2013 (US$)

Over the past ten years, technical assistance and publications programs have had an average annual execution rate of 82%

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Periodic and Occasional Publications of the PAIGH

Since 2004, the General Secretariat has had very positive results with the on - demand production of its periodic and occasional publications. The

PAIGH’s “José Toribio Medina” Bibliographic Fund has 231,078 titles

2013 Highlights

The 20th General Assembly (Uruguay, 2013) approved a program consisting of19 projects worth US$137,340. Six correspond to the Commission on Cartography,

4 to Geography, 3 to History and 6 to Geophysics. Two of the approved projectsare of an inter-disciplinary nature: Cartography/Geography and History/Geophysics.

All are committed to the Pan American Agenda

The technical assistance program was efficiently carried out

“2013 Geocentric Reference System for the Americas: Technical-Scientific Capacity – Building of Reference Systems”(Commission on Cartography, Panama)

“Teaching and Learning Geography with New Communication and Information Technologies” (Commission on Geography, Argentina)

“The Cultural Heritage of the Americas: Preservation, Commerce and Social Uses” Seminar (Commission on History, Mexico)

“Contributions to the Study of Global Climate Change and Space Climate Forecasts “ and “Seminar on Measures to Prevent, Mitigate and Adapt to the Impact of Climate Change, Tropical Hurricanes and Tsunamis”(Commission on Geophysics, Dominican Republic)

3rd Central American Data Integration Workshop

(El Salvador)

2013 Highlights

AAG - PAIGH Session on Latin American Topics

(USA)

23rd "José Joaquín Hungría Morell“ Course on Geographical Names

(Panama)

First Pan American Workshop on Geomagnetism (PANGEO)

(Mexico)

Silvio Zavala“Images to Fight Obscurity: Colonial Peru Through the

Illustrations of BrotherPedro de Ocaña”,

Beatriz C. Peña (Venezuela)

Leopoldo Zea“Introduction to Uruguayan

Thought”,Lía Berisso and Horacio

Bernardo (Uruguay)

Wallace W. Atwood(Unpublished work)

“Art and Literature: Creating the Social Imaginary of the Porfiriato Elite, 1904-1912”, Imelda P. Ugalde (Mexico)

Honorary AffiliateNoé Pineda Portillo

(Honduras)

50 years of service to the PAIGH

Héctor Pena(Argentina)

25 years of continuous service to the PAIGH

Francisco García(General Secretariat/ Mexico)

2013 Commission on History Awards

2013 Recognitions

Carlos López-Vázquez,Chair of the Commission on

Cartography(Uruguay)

Jean Parcher,Chair of the Commission on

Geography(United States of America)

Walter Fernández,Chair of the Commission on

Geophysics(Costa Rica)

Patricia Galeana,Chair of the Commission on

History(Mexico)

Rigoberto Magaña,Acting President

(El Salvador)

Rodrigo Barriga-Vargas,Secretary General

(Chile)

2013 - 2017 Officers

20th General Assembly

22nd Meeting of Consultation of the Commission on Cartography

12th Meeting of Consultation of the Commission on Geophysics

18th Meeting of Consultation of theCommission on History

20 Asamblea General

19th Meeting of Consultation of theCommission on Geography

Meetings of Consultation of the Commissions

Montevideo, Uruguay, November 18 - 22, 2013

2014 PAIGH Outlook

To strengthen its relationship with the OAS and the bodies of the inter - American system

“Joint Action Plan to Expedite the Development of Spatial Data Infrastructure of the Americas”

To consolidate the PAIGH as a specialized technical body at the service of the Pan American community

To index its periodic publications in the main regional indexes

To continue strengthening its international ties

2014 Outlook (Commissions)

Cartography Geography History

On-line human resource training

- Interdisciplinary multinational projects

- Climate change- Territorial planning- Natural disasters

Geophysics

Bolster specialist networks

Indexed periodical e-journals

Re-invigorate activities, work committees and

groups

Strengthen leadership role in

the field of geography

Disseminate historical topics in

the media

Pan American Laboratory for the

Observation of Natural Disasters

Produce SDI - GIRe-launch

“Revista Cartográfica”Coalesce

agency -academia-industry-NS

PAN AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORYA Specialized Body of the OAS

The PAIGH is the continental entity that provides the scientific setting to rethink the AMERICAS

based on its geography and history

We thank Santiago Borrero,the 2009-2013 Officers and the Member States’

representatives for the collaborationprovided for the preparation of this report